Work-support.



J. B. HADAWAY.

WORK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION r1151) JULY 22, 1911.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

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JOHN B. HADAWAY, or swAM'rsco'rT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 'ro UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, or PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WORK-SUPPORT.

Application filed July 22, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. HADAWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swampscott, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in omi-Supports, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to supports for boots and shoes and is herein shown as embodied in a jack which is primarily intended for use in attaching metallic heel and counter protectors to boots and shoes. One form of such protectors is shown in the United States patent to Gordon '62? (62., No. 706,551, August 12, 1902. It will be understood, however, that certain features of the invention are not limited to use with a jack of this particular type, but may be employed with advantage in work supports or acks intended for other purposes.

An object of the present invention is to provide a jack which will be light and cheap in construction, and which may be assembled from rough castings with little, if any, machine work being done upon them;

Another object of the invention is ,to provide a jack which will enable metallic heel and counter protectors to be applied to boots and shoes accurately and quickly, which will hold the counter protectors securely against the boot or shoe at the heel while the heel attaching nails are being driven through the tread face of the heel, and which will enable the boot or shoe to be supported for rotation in a vertical plane about a horizontal axis passing through the heel seat so that rivets may be conveniently driven through the marginal portion of the counter protector to secure it permanently to the shoe.

An important feature of the present invention consists in the combination with a movable work support which enters the shoe, of a rigid abutment against which the shoe may be clamped by movement of the jack or wor support toward the abutment. and means for holding the support in clamping position. The abutment may be provided with a pad or cushion atthe point where it is engaged bv the metallic counter protector, so as to aiford a better clam ing surf-ace Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1915. Serial No. 669,954.

therefor and to prevent injury to the finish of the counter protector.

Another feature of this invention comprises improved means for forcing the jack or work support toward the abutment and for locking the jack with the shoe thereon in clamping relation with the abutment. This means may comprise a hand lever mounted in a convenient location to be grasped by the hand of the operator, and suitable mechanism connected with said lever for forcing the shoe support toward the abutment and looking it in engaging position. In the embodiment shown, the hand lever is pivoted between its ends to the abutment for movement in the plane of the shoe support, and is provided. at its upper end with a handle and below its pivot with a cam face to engage a corresponding cam face formed upon a portion of the shoe supporting member, the parts being so arranged that movement of the hand lever away from the support operates to bring the cam faces into Contact and force the shoe support or jack toward the abutment, the friction be tween the cam surfaces when in engagement being suflicient to efiect a locking of the jack in shoe clamping position.

A further feature of the invention coinprises a construction in which the hand lever, when moved to one limit of its movement, carries its cam face beyond the cam face of the shoe supporting member, so that the j ack may be turned about its pivot to a horizon tal position for convenience in riveting the counter protectors to the shoe, and it is furthermore so "constructed that when moved to a substantially horizontal position its pivot may be rembved from the pivot seats formed in the base portion. For effecting this removal, the pivot lugs formed on the jack member are arranged to seat in grooves formed in the base member, these grooves having a horizontal portion closed at one end and at the other leading into an upwardly directed open portion. By this arrangement, the jack member when turned down to nearly a horizontal position may be separated from the base by movement first longitudinally and then upwardly relatively to the base, The jack member is provided, however, with means for preventing such longitudinal movement when resting in its operative horizontal position for the insertion or the counter rivets-.

A further feature of the invention consists in an iron last block or anvil, which is invention will appear more fully from thefollowing detailed description of an illustrated form of the apparatus when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,--

Figure 1 represents a side View of the improved jack with the shoe thereon ready to be clamped; the clamping positions of the lever, and theposition ofthe jack member when turned down for convenient insertion of the counter rivets, are shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a sectional detail. Fig. 3 is a detail showing a modified means for holding the pad on the abutment.

The device consists principally of four separate castings which are indicated individually by letters, A designating the casting forming the base and abutment, B referring to the jack post or shoe supporting member, C to the lever which clamps the shoe against the abutment, and D to the anvil or last member which is rotatably mounted in the upper end of the jack member.

The casting A has a base portion having perforated lugs by which it may be conveniently bolted to a bench or table and has an upwardly extending portion 20, comprising laterally displaced walls, which serves as a rigid abutment against whichthe shoe may be clamped. The base also has the projection 22 which serves as a support for the work supportingmember or jack member when it is turned to its horizontal position. The abutment 2O isprovided at its upper end with a pad 24 against which the shoe is pressed to clamp the same. The pad may be held by its own elasticity in a recess in the abutment, as shown in Fig. 1, or may comprise a strip held in position by wedges 25 inserted between the ends of the pad and portions ofthe abutment, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The work supporting member B is substantially L-shaped, the longer portion 30, shown upright, being adapted to receive the anvil member D, and its shorter portion 32 being arranged for eng gement with the lever member C which clamps and locks the work supporting member in upright position. At the angle of the L-shaped member are provided oppositelydirected pivot studs 34: preferably cast integral therewith,which engage oppositely disposed grooves 26 formed in the inner faces of the vertical walls 2l of the base of the casting'A. These grooves have a substantially horizontal portion, the right-handend of which, as-shown in Fig. 1 in dottedlines, is'closed-and an upwardly directed. open portion to the left of the normal position of the pivot 3%. It will be ap parent from the drawing that when the worksupporting member 7B is in its upright position,-as shown, any pressure tending to move this member to the right will cause the pivots 34 to, be seated in the closed ends of the grooves 26, and as all the stresses to which the said member B is subjected, during the operation of the device, tend to move the pivots in this direction, the said grooves constitute practically a rigid bearing for the pivots. In assembling the member B upon the base of the jack, it is first turnedto "a nearly horizontal position, and the pivots 34 slipped into the upwardly turned open ends of the slot 26. ,The member B may then be turned into the upright position, the

pivots 34: finding their normal seats at'the ends of the grooves 26. The member B may, i

of course, be removed by a reversal. of the movements described. When the ack member is turned into its horizontal position for enabling the counterriveting operation to be performed, it is desirable that means be provided for preventing horizontal move ment of the jack member which might result in its 'being disconnected. from the grooves 26. prises a lug 36 cast on the work supporting member which is adapted to engage a corresponding notch or depression in the portion 22 of the base member when the work supporting member assumes the horizontal posi tion shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The lever member C has pivot lugs 40 1 formed upon opposite sides thereof which are adapted to be seated in circular bearings formed in the opposite walls of the casting A. The pivot lugs 40 are flattened upon opposite sides in planes parallel with the longitudinal axis of the lever, and channels or grooves 29 are formed in the opposite walls of the member A leading horizontally outward from the circular bearings in which the lugs are seated. The bearings" thus have partially opened sides, andit will be seen that the lever member C, after be- This means, as shown, coming turned into a substantially horizontal ing of the work supporting member and the shoe supported thereon against the abutment 20, the lever member C is moved from the position shmvn in Fig. 1 toward the position shown in dotted lines in that figure. This movement brings the cam surface into engagement with a cooperating cam surface I upon the short arm 32 of the L supporting member and apressure thereon in a direction "-iwardly and to the right, causing the l it portion of the L-shaped member to be f rced toward the abutment. The cam surfaces 4:2 and 38 are so contoured that the friction between their engaging surfaces is sufficient to ei'i'ectively lock the member B in clamping position.

The anvil or last member D has a shank portion shaped to fit inside the heel portion of a shoe and extend beyond the upper line of the counter and is provided with a iiange 52 arranged to rest upon the end of portion 250 of the work supporting member. The member D has also a shank portion 52. which is provided at its end with a flange 5i arranged to engage under a projection 5. on the inside of the portion 30. The portion 30 is hollow and is provided with a slot at the-point leading from the hollow portion through which the member D mav be swung. therebeing suihcient lost motion between the flange 5i and the projection 37 to permit this movement. The slot leads into an opening 23 large enou h to permit the passage of the flange 5i. Hence it will be seen that by swinging the member l) upwardly about its lower end as an axis into substantially vertical position from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, it may be removed from the member 30 by a movement of translation in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the member, but that when this member D is seated, as shown. in either of its positions of use, it is for all operative purposes supported rigidly for rotation about its longitudinal axis.

In using the device, the shoe to which a metallic heel and countour is to be attached is placed upon the anvil member D which is, of course, assembled upon the jack supporting member 30, which is then swung into its vertical position to bring the counter of the shoe adjacentthe pad 2d. The metallic heel and counter is now applied to the shoe and the lever C operated to bring the cam surfaces 42. 38 into contact and firmly clamp the counter against the shoe by pressure of the shoe against the pad 2i of felt or other suitable material on the abutment 2-0. Nails are now driven in a vertical direction through the heel and clenched upon the top portion of the anvil member D. The lever C is now returned to its normal position tounclamp the work supporting member which is then turned to its horizontal position, and the lug 36 brought into engagement with the cooperating notch or recess in the projection 22. The shoe may now be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the shank 53 of the anvil member D and suitable rivets driven through the metallic counter and clenched against the anvil member.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A device of the class described comprising a fixed abutment having a face against which the rear end of the heel portion of a shoe may be clamped to hold the counter and upper together, a work support adapted to enter the shoe and to cooperate with the clamping face of the abutment, and means for forcing the support toward the abutment and operating to hold the support against said abutment to clamp the heel portion of the shoe, as and for the purpose described.

2. A device of the class described having, in combination, a base provided with an upright rigid abutment having a work engaging face, a shoe support mounted to be swung rearwardly in the direction of the length of the shoe carried thereby toward the abutment to bring the rear face of the heel portion of the shoe against the face of the abutment, a hand lever, and actuating connections between the lever and the shoe support for clamping a shoe on the support against the abutment and maintaining the upper materials located between the supportand abutment clamped together for an operation on the shoe.

3. A device of the class described having, in combination, a base provided with an upright abutment having a side clamping face to receive the heel portion of a shoe, a shoe carrying member pivoted to be swung toward and from said abutment in the direction from toe to heel of a shoe carried thereby, a hand lever pivoted for movementin the plane of movement of the shoe carrying member, and connections between the member and the lever for moving the member toward the face of the abutment to force the heel portion of the shoe against the abutment and to clamp and hold the materials of the counter portion together.

l. A device of the class described having. in combination, a base provided with a rigid vertical abutment against the side of which the heel portion of the shoe may be clamped, a jack member pivoted to the base for movement to and from the side of the abutment and having a laterally extending arm provided with a cam faced end, and a lever pivoted between its ends to the abutment and having one arm provided with a cam face arranged to engage the cam faced end of side thereof.

5. In a device for use in securing exterior heels and counters to shoes off the last, the combination of a fixed abutment having a vertical face to receive the side face of the heel portion of the shoe, a last member adapted to go inside the'shoe and to co6pcrate with the abutment for clamping the shoe, a support for the last member which is movable toward the abutment to cause clamping of the shoe between the abutment and the last member, the support being also movable to a substantially horizontal position to permit operation upon the sides of the heel portion of the shoe, means for supporting the last member in horizontal position, and means permitting rotation of the member for treatment of the shoe upon all sides. 7

6. A device of the class described, having in combination, a base, a vertical abutment on the base, a jack post mounted on the base constructed and arranged to lie either in a horizontal position or to, stand in a perpendicular position parallel to said abutment, and means adapted to be manually operated to force the jack post toward the abutment.

7. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a base having upstanding sides provided on their inner faces with open grooves directed downwardly and laterally and closed at the end, a work support having pivotlugs adapted to'enter said grooves and to turn therein, an abutment in the path of movement of the work support, and means for clamping the work sup port against the abutment.

8. A device of the class described, having in combination, a base, a rigid abutment thereon comprising laterally displaced walls provided with bearings and having channels narrower than the bearings leading thereto, a lever having cylindrical lugs flattened on opposite sides and adapted to pass through the channels in one position of the lever and to be held in said bearings in other positions of the lever, a shoe support arranged to be moved toward and away from said abutment, and means comprising said lever for forcing said shoe support toward said abutment. V

9. A device of the class described, having in combination, shoe supporting means and shoe clamping means comprising an abutment against which the shoe is to be pressed, and means for forcing the support toward the abutment comprising a: lever pivoted in the abutment in bearings having openings in their'sides, the pivots of said lever beingfso formed asto be removable movement first about its lower end as a center and then bodily in a direction substan- Y tially perpendicular to the work support.

11. A device of the class described, hav-' ing in combination, an abutment, a work support opposed tothe abutment and movable toward it for clamping the work thereagainst, means to move the work support to clamp the work, an anvil member seated in the end of said work support having a flange adapted to rest on the top of said work support, a second flange on the lower end of said member, and a lug on the inner side of said work support adapted to be engaged by said flange, said work support having a slot through which the anvil member may be swung and an open ng through which the lower flange may be removed. 7 12. 1A device of the class described, having in combination, a jack post, and a last member, said last member having a straight stem held in said jack post againstmovement longitudinally of the post and for movement laterally in a single plane about a center located substantially below'the bottom of the last, said last member being removable from said post'by combined movements of rotation and translation in said plane. 1 I

13. A device of the class described, having in combination, a jack post, and a last member, said last member being rotatable in said jack post and held therein against movement longitudinally of the post and for movement laterally in a single plane, said last member being removable from said post by a movement first about its lower portion as a center and thenv by a move ment of translation in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of said jack post.

14:. A jack for attaching metallic heels v and counters to boots and shoes, comprising in combination, a rigid abutment, a jack for free relative movement into and out of heel end clamping position, locking members brought into operative relation to each other by said movement into heel end clamping relation, and operating means by which to efiect locking of the clamping members to hold the work, substantially as and for the purpose described.

16. An apparatus of the class described, comprising an abutment, an upright pivoted work support opposed to said abutment, a hand lever, and cooperating cams carried by the support and the lever respectively whereby the support may be forced against the abutment by operation of the lever, said pots being constructed and arranged so 1h it in one position of the lever the cams are disposed out of operative relation to each other and the work support may be turned to a substantially horizontal position for further treatment of the work upon the support.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN B. HADAWVAY.

Witnesses:

CHESTER E. Roenns, LESTER A. HOWE.

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